Coolant Gauge

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mudslinger4x4

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Location

Connecticut

• Nov 5, 2008

• #1

i think this has been answered on here but i couldn't find it. i have a coolant gauge that i bought when i had the dummy lights but now i have the full gauge cluster and just want to use this gauge for the hell of it. where should i put it so it works along with the old one? i heard that it has to be in metal because the threads need to be grounded but is that true or can i just put it in one of the radiator hoses?

 

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drifto77

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Location

Sherman,TX.

• Nov 5, 2008

• #2

This what your looking for?

 

hubs97xj

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Location

Fort Wayne, IN

• Nov 5, 2008

• #3

If it has two wires, it should be okay wherever you put it. If it has a single wire, it needs to be grounded, I think.

 

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mudslinger4x4

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Location

Connecticut

• Nov 5, 2008

• #4

it just has one metal wire coming out of the back of the guage (not including the light) that goes to the sensor at the end
http://www.sunpro.com/product_detail.php?pid=16300
that's the one i have

 

hubs97xj

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Location

Fort Wayne, IN

• Nov 5, 2008

• #5

That's a mechanical gauge- you should be able to mount that sender wherever- shouldn't need to be "grounded" since it isn't an electrical sender. As long as it's somewhere the coolant flows, it should be okay, I think.

 

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mudslinger4x4

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Location

Connecticut

• Nov 5, 2008

• #6

that's what i thought, but i don't want to go making a hole in a radiator hose if it's not gonna work.

 

sjkimmel99

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Location

Phoenix, Az

• Nov 5, 2008

• #7

See the discussion about the same topic in this thread:

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=972689

 

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mudslinger4x4

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Connecticut

• Nov 5, 2008

• #8

that still doesn't explain whether i have to ground the sensor or not. all i want to do is cut out a hole in one of my hoses, put the sensor in there and seal the edges. can i do this?

 

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RCP Phx

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Phoenix,Az

• Nov 5, 2008

• #9

mudslinger4x4 said:

that still doesn't explain whether i have to ground the sensor or not. all i want to do is cut out a hole in one of my hoses, put the sensor in there and seal the edges. can i do this?

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If its a mechanical gauge then no ground is required at the sender.And NO you cant just put a hole in the hose!:wow:

 

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mudslinger4x4

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Connecticut

• Nov 6, 2008

• #10

drifto77 said:

This what your looking for?

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what did you use from the hoses into the T fitting? i see that the sender goes in the other side but not how you keep coolant from leaking out

 

hubs97xj

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Fort Wayne, IN

• Nov 6, 2008

• #11

The sender screws into a threaded adapter. The adapter screws into the T, and there are barbed hose fittings with threaded ends that screw into the other two legs of the T.

The directions to install the gauge are on that webpage you linked to- it tells you how to install the thing.

 

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drifto77

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Sherman,TX.

• Nov 6, 2008

• #12

hubs97xj said:

The sender screws into a threaded adapter. The adapter screws into the T, and there are barbed hose fittings with threaded ends that screw into the other two legs of the T.

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Yup...
Thats how I did it.
Dont remember the sizes of the barbs and or the adapter though.